Heart Flush A Life Saver

source: Daily Record | Nov 05, 03

Experts may have found the holy grail drug in the fight against heart disease. The new treatment effectively reverses one of the world's biggest killers, scientists said yesterday.

It uses a synthetic form of cholesterol to flush out coronary arteries. The drug, called HDL, was based on a form of "good'' cholesterol first found in a group of Italian villagers 30 years ago.